HP XP7 Replication Manager Configuration Guide (TK981-96012, May 2014)

NOTE:
When using IPv6, both IPv4 and IPv6 must be enabled on the management server. You can use IPv6
addresses only if they are global addresses.
Table 7 Windows OS and programs for a management server
Prerequisite pro-
grams
Windows operating system
Device Manager
server
Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1
• Supports IPv4 and IPv6 connections
• Also runs as a guest OS of Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and V2
• Also runs under VMware ESX/ESXi Server 4.x, and VMware ESXi Server 5.x. To
execute Replication Manager on the virtual server, configure the virtual server using
the recommended configuration.
• Operation on Server Core is not supported
Windows Server 2012 no SP
• Supports IPv4 and IPv6 connections
• Operation on Server Core is not supported
• Operation on Minimal Server Interface is not supported
• Also runs as a guest OS of KVM on Red Hat Linux 6.4.
Windows Server 2012 R2
• Supports IPv4 and IPv6 connections
• Operation on Server Core is not supported
• Operation on Minimal Server Interface is not supported
NOTE:
If you link to a Device Manager Agent running on a guest OS of VMware ESX 4.x or VMware ESXi
4.x, use v7.0.1 or later of Device Manager server and Device Manager Agent. If you link to a Device
Manager Agent running on a guest OS of VMware ESX 5.x, use v7.2 or later of Device Manager
server and Device Manager Agent.
WARNING!
Do not use a Managed Service Account if Windows Server 2008 R2 is the OS on the pair management
server, database server, or backup server. If a Managed Service Account is specified for one of the
following services, errors might occur when Replication Manager operations are being performed:
• Application Agent Services (Protection Manager Service, HBsA Service)
• SQL Server, SQL Server Agent, and other SQL Server-related services (when running a service to
create a replica for an SQL Server database)
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